Here's a rundown from the last week of updates and coverage of the St. George incorporation effort. Catch up and
then vote in our poll to tell us where you stand on this hot-button issue.

At its first public meeting since the movement to
incorporate southern Baton Rouge as the City of St. George began, organizers
announced that they've received at least half of the necessary 18,000
signatures to bring the issue before voters. Rev. C. L. Bryant, a Tea Party
member and former NAACP chapter president, encouraged St. George supporters to
go forth and slay the "dragons" obstructing their goal. Check out highlights from the video above and read the full story here.

In the days following the meeting, a new nonprofit group, Residents
Against the Breakaway, has launched a petition and is using the phrase "we're
better together." Its Facebook page had almost 1,300 "likes" as of Wednesday
afternoon, but it is unclear how many signatures have been gathered on its
digital petition. It is also unclear who is behind the organization. (The day before Halloween, business leaders united to form Community Issues, Inc. Baton Rouge attorney Charles Landry is listed as the director of the organization, but MAPP Construction President Mike Polito said he would be spearheading the organization's fundraising campaign, according to a report in The Advocate.) Read more about the Residents Against the Breakaway group here.

The LSU Public Policy Lab released the full
results of its survey of 1,097 registered East Baton Rouge Parish voters. The
majority of voters (63 percent outside St. George and 53 percent within St.
George) polled in a recent survey between Oct. 24 and Nov. 12, before more news
on the issue had been released, stated that the incorporation would be "bad for
the parish." See more results from the survey here.

Baton Rouge Metro Council members both proposed and opposed
instituting residency requirements for city-parish employees on Wednesday and
Thursday. The proposal would bar anyone who does not live within the city
limits of Baton Rouge or the unincorporated areas of the parish to work for the
city-parish.

Where do you stand on the St. George incorporation issue? Are you "in," "better together," out or undecided? Vote in our poll and tell us your thoughts in the comments below.